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  2 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  This 
  differs 
  greatly 
  from 
  the 
  German 
  inscription 
  above, 
  and 
  has 
  

   been 
  rather 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  century 
  just 
  past, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  early 
  

   examples 
  which 
  are 
  similar. 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  described 
  a 
  small 
  brass 
  

   medal 
  found 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  in 
  good 
  preservation. 
  It 
  had: 
  

  

  The 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  Roman 
  pontiff, 
  in 
  a 
  standing 
  position, 
  in 
  his 
  hand 
  

   a 
  crozier, 
  surrounded 
  with 
  this 
  inscription: 
  B. 
  virg. 
  sin. 
  P. 
  origi 
  

   con., 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  ventured 
  to 
  write 
  out 
  Beata 
  virgo 
  sine 
  Peccato 
  

   originali 
  concepta, 
  or 
  as 
  we 
  might 
  say 
  in 
  English, 
  The 
  blessed 
  Virgin 
  

   conceived 
  without 
  original 
  sin. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  was 
  a 
  representa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  a 
  serpent, 
  and 
  two 
  nearly 
  naked 
  figures 
  looking 
  intently 
  

   upon 
  it. 
  This 
  one 
  is 
  very 
  perfect 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  parts, 
  and 
  the 
  letters 
  as 
  

   plain 
  as 
  if 
  struck 
  but 
  yesterday. 
  Clark, 
  2:273 
  

  

  He 
  described 
  two 
  others 
  from 
  a 
  later 
  site. 
  One 
  was 
  " 
  an 
  octa- 
  

   gonal 
  brass 
  medal 
  nearly 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  having 
  a 
  figure 
  with 
  

   the 
  name 
  St 
  Agatha, 
  and 
  the 
  Latin 
  word 
  Ora, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Gregorian 
  

   chant. 
  Also 
  a 
  silver 
  medal 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  with 
  a 
  figure 
  inscribed 
  

   St 
  Lucia, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  fragment 
  of 
  a 
  chant." 
  Clark, 
  2 
  :28o 
  

  

  Fig. 
  298 
  shows 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  fig. 
  300 
  the 
  second. 
  His 
  

   figure 
  has 
  Ora. 
  P. 
  N. 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  instance, 
  and 
  these 
  letters 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  obliterated 
  in 
  the 
  other. 
  This 
  gives 
  the 
  familiar 
  Ora 
  pro 
  

   nobis. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  medals 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Cayuga 
  county, 
  

   but 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  dispersed. 
  Mr 
  Betts 
  described 
  one 
  

   from 
  Scipioville, 
  on 
  the 
  obverse 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  saint, 
  facing 
  

   the 
  right. 
  The 
  inscription 
  is 
  Santa. 
  Rosa. 
  de. 
  Lima. 
  Ord. 
  He 
  said 
  

   that 
  this 
  saint 
  is 
  still 
  very 
  popular 
  in 
  Canada. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse 
  is 
  a 
  

   head 
  of 
  St 
  Paul, 
  facing 
  the 
  left, 
  with 
  arms 
  crossed 
  and 
  holding 
  a 
  

   crucifix. 
  Betts, 
  p. 
  32 
  

  

  Though 
  these 
  medals 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  brass, 
  some 
  are 
  of 
  lead 
  and 
  

   silver. 
  Fig. 
  291 
  is 
  of 
  lead, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Indian 
  castle 
  in 
  

   Pompey. 
  It 
  is 
  elliptic 
  in 
  outline, 
  showing 
  a 
  bust 
  with 
  uplifted 
  hand, 
  

   and 
  is 
  perforated 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Fig. 
  294 
  is 
  of 
  silver 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  place. 
  It 
  is 
  circular 
  and 
  suggests 
  a 
  coin, 
  but 
  the 
  writer 
  re- 
  

   calls 
  none 
  like 
  it. 
  A 
  lion 
  holding 
  arrows 
  is 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   other 
  three 
  lines 
  of 
  letters 
  and 
  a 
  date 
  partially 
  effaced. 
  The 
  date,, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  site, 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  per- 
  

   foration. 
  

  

  